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Squeeze box vs. CD player

It's time to upgrade by CD player, currently I have a Toshiba 5190 DVD player which I intend to keep for DVDs.

I've been reading about the Squeeze box as I already have my CDs ripped to my PC using EAC in lossless format.

How does the Squeeze box compare sonically to a $1000 new or used cd player?

What will I need to spend on a cd player to get an improvement over a $1000 modified squeeze box?

thanks in advance
gdollar

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artizen65
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Gdollar,

If you have your music already ripped to a hard drive then either the SB3 or the Roku to a DAC would be the route I would go. Going to a DAC there is no reason to upgrade the SB IMO. I recently choose the Roku to feed my MF Tri-Vista DAC replacing my Theta Data Basic II transport. I honestly cannot tell the difference between streaming the music and the Theta.

Good Luck.

Michael
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